Question 1

What is the definition of a metaphor?

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a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"

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a common saying

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exaggeration

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

Question 2

What is the definition of a simile?

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

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exaggeration

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a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"

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giving human characteristics to something non human

Question 3

What is the definition of a personification?

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giving human traits to non human objects/things

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exaggeration

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

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a common saying

Question 4

What is hyperbole?

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exaggeration

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

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giving human traits to non human objets/things

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a common saying

Question 5

What an idiom?

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a common saying

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exaggeration

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giving human traits to non human objects/things

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

Question 6

What is an allusion?

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a reference to a well know story/character/person/event

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common saying

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exaggeration

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comparison using the words "like" or "as"

Question 7

What type of figurative language is this:  It isn't rocket science to figure out how to make a grilled cheese.

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idiom

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metaphor

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personification

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simile

Question 8

What type of figurative language is this:  I had so many things to do over the weekend. I was as busy as a bee.

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simile

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allusion

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personification

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idiom

Question 9

What type of figurative language is this: I thought her nose would start to grow if she kept lying to me.

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allusion

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metaphor

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hyperbole

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simile

Question 10

What type of figurative language is this: The kids hearts jumped with joy when they received a new puppy as a gift.

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personification

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idiom

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simile

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hyperbole

Question 11

What type of figurative language is this: Like the tortoise, I worked slow and steady compared to my sister who rushed towards the finish like a true hare.

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<P>allusion</P>

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idiom

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hyperbole

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personification

Question 12

What type of figurative language is this: If you don't play your cards right, you won't get to the theatre in time for the beginning of the movie.

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idiom

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personification

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allusion

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simile

Question 13

What type of figurative language is this: Well, I’m no Hercules, but I could open that jelly jar for you.

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allusion

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idiom

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personification

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simile

Question 14

What kind of figurative language  is this: You don’t have to be William Shakespeare to write poetry.

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allusion

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personification

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metaphor

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simile

Question 15

What kind of figurative language is this: Without her phone Kara was a lost puppy, not knowing what to do with herself.

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metaphor

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allusion

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idiom

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simile

Question 16

What kind of figurative language  is this: Joel Embiid looks like he is about as tall as a giraffe.

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simile

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metaphor

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allusion

Question 17

What kind of figurative language is this: My mouth was on fire after eating those hot Cheetos.

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hyperbole

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idiom

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allusion

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simile

Question 18

What kind of figurative language is this: Joel Embiid has been a beast on the court, scoring over 30 points for many games.

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metaphor

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simile

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hyperbole

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idiom

Question 19

What kind of figurative language is this: The classroom was freezing after the cold temperatures last night.

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hyperbole

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simile

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personification

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metaphor

Question 20

Figurative language is:

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language that means something other than what it actually says

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language that means exactly what it says

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